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United Nations: Make Boko Haram a Security Priority

No one, anywhere in the world, should have to face violence and intimidation in an effort to obtain an education.

Reuters has reported a recent attack on the Nigerian girls school Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi has led to the disappearance of 110 girls. Boko Haram is suspected to be responsible for the attack, which comes nearly four years after Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from a school in Chibok. The United Nations must step up its efforts to stop such terrorist acts from occurring. Sign the petition now!

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The kidnapping of almost 300 teenage girls in Nigeria has thrust Boko Haram and their crimes onto the international stage. Since their founding in 2001, they have been responsible for countless bombings, assassinations, and kidnappings in the name of their extremist ideologies.

Boko Haram is strongly against Western culture and especially Western education. To advance their viewpoints, they resort to violence and intimidation to stop people from receiving a non-Islamic education. While their goal of establishing an Islamic caliphate in place of Nigeria's current democracy is primarily a local aim, this group is not just Nigeria's problem.

As the protectors of international peace and security, the United Nations Security Council has a duty to aid Nigeria in stopping Boko Haram's terrorist activities so that Nigerian citizens can pursue their education in peace and exercise their right to freedom of thought.

Call on the United Nations Security Council to use every tool within their power, including the use of force to maintain or restore international peace and security, to support Nigeria so Boko Haram can be a thing of the past.

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Boko Haram's emergence onto the international stage with the kidnapping of almost 300 girls has caused international alarm. Unfortunately, this brazen deed is one of many violent and brutal attacks carried out by the group since they were founded in 2001.

Boko Haram is strongly against Western culture and especially Western education. To advance their viewpoints, they resort to violence and intimidation to stop people from receiving a non-Islamic education. While their goal of establishing an Islamic caliphate in place of Nigeria's current democracy is primarily a local aim, this group is not just Nigeria's problem.

As the protectors of international peace and security, the United Nations Security Council has a duty to aid Nigeria in stopping Boko Haram's terrorist activities so that Nigerian citizens can pursue their education in peace and exercise their right to freedom of thought.

No one, anywhere in the world, should have to face violence and intimidation in an effort to obtain an education.

Please offer more assistance to Nigerian authorities as they confront Boko Haram.

Sincerely,

Petition Signatures

May 22, 2018Lynn Ronconi

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May 21, 2018Aliyah Khan

May 20, 2018Cindy Jackson

May 20, 2018Colleen Bergh

May 20, 2018Louisa Gauerke

May 20, 2018Maureen Wheeler

May 19, 2018Donna Selquist

May 19, 2018Elaine Dunn

May 18, 2018JUANITA VELA

May 16, 2018Danuta Baziuk

May 16, 2018Kate Pruden

May 11, 2018Tara Spires

May 10, 2018Barbara Adler

May 6, 2018Cassandra Santiago

May 5, 2018Jean KuntzAtrocious! Going after Boko Haram sounds like a very important item for the UN Security forces to target. Girls need education!!